Quality of life of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Inflammatory bowel disease is often discussed topic among the medics in the field of diagnostics, treatment and prognosis, however what is usually ignored is quality of life. The bachelor thesis aims at revealing the quality of life of patients with idiopathic bowel disease. The theoretical part introduces inflammatory bowel disease with its principal types of Crohn´s disease and ulcerative colitis. The empiric part is focused on IBD patients´ quality of life. The research part of the thesis is based on standardized questionnaire Short Form 36, aimed at quality of life of patients in South Bohemia. For reaching the goal, three main hypotheses were selected: H1: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have mental problems. H2: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have physical problems. H3: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have social problems. The questionnaire construction was conducted in Word Excel programme using graphs and basic statistics. A positive output from the respondents was very surprising because the most of the respondents answered the questions concerning their quality of life positively. It is possible to state that this situation may be caused by the latest available treatment, timely diagnosis and also by a certain effort within our society to deal with chronically ill patients with kindness and respect. This survey convinced me that also people with chronical diseases can have good quality of life. The topic of this bachelor thesis was highly interesting for me; my original presumptions were different, therefore the results were surprisingly pleasing. Creating this bachelor thesis was very helpful for me. This bachelor thesis can be used as informative material for nurses in hospitals or for students of non-medical health care branches. Furthermore, this thesis can be used for further study